A Horse Fly Fleas
A Horse Fly Fleas is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short. It was written by Warren Foster and directed by Robert McKimson.[2] The short was released on December 13, 1947.[3]
| A Horse Fly Fleas | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot of a flea Native American. | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Charles McKimson Phil DeLara Manny Gould John Carey Fred Abranz (uncredited)[1] A. C. Gamer (effects animation) |
| Layouts by | Cornett Wood |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Cinecolor (original release), Technicolor (reissue) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates | December 13, 1947 (USA) July 7, 1956 (reissue) |
Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
The short stars A. Flea, the nearly-microscopic protagonist of An Itch in Time from 1943. It is rarely aired in television due to stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans.
Originally released in Cinecolor, the cartoon was reissued in three-strip Technicolor during the 1955–56 season.
Plot
A Flea tries to find a good home. He is accompanied by a horse fly. They settle on a dog, not knowing that he house an Indian flea.
Home media
This cartoon was released on DVD and Blu-ray with the original titles and Cinecolor version restored on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2.
References
- "Robert McKimson cartoon Directors Lead Sheet 1947 'A HORSE FLY FLEAS' Looneytune | #1945005536".
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 192. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.